everyone and his mother
"everyone-and-his-mother" is a 20-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“everyone and his mother” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 23
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of everybody and his brother.
Corpus desk
Index EN-everyone-and-his-mother · everyone and his mother · English
everyone and his mother · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 23 letters
- VOW-9 9 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | everyone and his mother |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| Letters | 23 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “everyone and his mother” in English
Rare enough to double-check
everyone and his mother is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of everybody and his brother.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for everyone and his mother in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is everyone and his mother, spelled E-V-E-R-Y-O-N-E- -A-N-D- -H-I-S- -M-O-T-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1Synonym of everybody and his brother.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how everyone and his mother appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Golf is supposed to be a gentleman's game, but I curse everyone and his mother out there. I have to win.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.